THE GREAT ORDNANCE PLANT IS NOW STARTED United State* stool Corporation Bairn* Activities Which »r» to Cotar NarilU Island, St* Mil*. Long. Pittsburgh, Pa— Work on the if rest ordnance plant st Neville Islmnd hss been started. This plant, when com pleted, is exported to exceed in mix* anil probably in (traduction, the if rest Krupp gun works at Esssn, (iermany. The plant will occupy the entire is land, which is six miles long, aod a quarter of mile wide, having an area of 1(KX) acres. According to testi mony recently taken hy the goverment in condemnation proceedings, three property owner* on th.e island hold ing IA acres of land are asking the gorernment $250,000 for the land and improvements. The three farms had been previously occupied as truck farms. The federal authorities are unable to estimate what the island will cost, but it is believed that the government will have to pay on an average of $3000 an acre. The plant • will specialize in 16 inch siege and naval guns, and according to the con tract which the ifovsrnment has enter ed into with tiie United .States Steel Corporation, which ;s erecting the plant the ftrst 15-inch gun must he de livered by next July. It is estimated that lietween 25,000 and .10.000 men will be employed at the plant. wh:th will cost, it is estimated, approxi mately $200,000,060. It is announced by the steel manu-i facturers that there have been com-1 paratively few inventions in the field of steel production since the beginning j of the war. The production engineers, of the various plants have confined their attention principally to improv-l in if old methods, layin* »peci*l straw, upon economic operation. • j There has been considerable activ-l ity sooa( tt.e steel manufacturers in | the way of by-product development. Th« Carnegie Steel Company iiaa in. atalled batteries of 14 ovens each, are now making coke. The plant will have 1408 ovens and will require approxi mately 10,000,000 tons of coal annu ally to prduce 6,500,000 tons of coke. The output of the by-products will he approximately '£2,000,000 gallons of tar. nr.,000,000 cubic feet of gas, 28, 000,000 pounds of ammonium and M, 000,000 pounds of ammonium sulphate The Jones A Laughlin Steel Com pany is erecting a 300oven by-product plant at tile Eliaa furnace department.1 This plant will have a carbonizing | capacity of approximately 2,000,000 tons annually and will replace bee hive coke capacity to that extent. The plant will also be equipped for the recovery of ammonia in the form of j ammonium sulphate, with tar, benzol and toluol as pure products. The am-| monium sulphate and pure toluol will be sold to the government for war purposes. The Fairmount By-Products Com pany of Fairmount W. Va., is erecting] a 110-oven coke plant. Ammonia j benzol and toluol will also be prq-! duced for government use. Butte Bulletin Told Not to Become Daily. Hsirna, Mont.—The State Council of rvfens* announce.! on Wednesday that the paper section of the Federal War Industries Board had notified the Butte Bulletin, a weekly publication, alleged to be conducted by I. W. W.t rot to become a daily paper. The Bulletin announced iU intention to publish a daily some time airo. Aug.12 the Council of Defense forbade any weekly to expand to a daily, the measure being taken at request of the "War Industries Board to save paper.1 The Bulletin printed a statement say-1 ing it would defy the council, which then appealed to the federal board with the above result. It is now be-, lieved the Bulletin wilt test the order in the federal court. alleging violation of the Constitution of the United States. W. F. Dunn, «>f Rutte labor leader*, is editor of the Bulletin. The largest stockholder is M;«ry O'Neill of Botte, a supporter of Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. Wisconsin Editor Given 18 Month* for Sedition. Eau Claire,Wis.—J. J. Auer, pub lisher of Der Herold. a German week ly paper published here was sentence | by Judge Evans in federal court to 18 Months at Fort I*avenworth on his plea of guilty to a charge of print ing seditious articles and failing to lie with the postmaster translations of artfetes printed In German. Auer la sixty-nine years old. Two Latter* ia Coatrut We are publishing tte letter at Abra ham I jncoln to tte mother who ted lost five aona on tte ft*M at hattla and tte on* at tte Kaiaar of Germany to tte mother who had given nine aona to tte fiUurimd. Those letters form an interesting study in contraat. Lincoln's Letter. Dear Madam: I have t«en shown in the flies at tte war department ■ statement at the adjutant general of Massachusetts that you are the mo ther of Ave sons who have riled glo riously on the fleld of tiattle. I reel how weak and fruitless must lie any word* of mine which should attempt to lie guile you from the irrief of a loaa so overwhelming. But I cannot ra frain from tendering to you the con solation that may he found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Kath "er may assuage the anguish of your liereavement and leave ynu only the ' hertahed memory of theloved and lost and thesolemn pride that muat he ynurs to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the aitar of freedom. • The Kaiser's Letter. "His majesty the kaiser hears that you have sacrificed nine sona in de fense of the fatherland in the present war. His majesty ii immensely grati Aed at the fact, and in recognition is pleased to send you hia photograph, with frame and autograph signature." These reveal pretty clearly the spir it of a democracy and the spirit of an autocracy. Abraham Lincoln felt keenly the sorrow of the mother who had given five sons and Abraham Lin coln thus felt liecause he was a part of a democracy. The sacrifice that this mother had made was virariou* and thus Lincoln shared with her. her sorrows and distresses. And so doesj every true American share with thoee i who give up their loved ones in death on the fleld of battle. In contrast an autocracy is heart less. There never was a ruler who had less heart and who was less hu man ■■ than William of Germany. It ia aot rather strange that any man of soul should have said that he was "immensely gratified that nine sons had fallen in the war" and that in re cognition be sends hia photograph ery that imal> the despicable and shrivelled soul at one whose ambition ia to rule the world. The story increases in interest whan it ia know that the good woman who gave her nine sons to Germany in the present war has since become a beg gar for food on the streets of Dal menhors-Oldenburg. This and otter incidents conclusively convince all true Americana that we should have but one purpose, namely: to do our level beat to bring the Kaiser to his knees and make it forever impossible for an autocrat of such heartlessneae, to foster himself upon the civilization of the world. Happy in contrast indeed stands out the great soul of Lincoln, the great American, to that of the narrow, sel fish, arrogant, bigoted, uncouth and often inhuman William of Germany, who has lost every vested right ol the respect of humanity.—Exchange. Not Poaaiblc for Germany to Win War Say Priaoner*. i American Forces on the Vesle Front j Aug. 25.—Prisoners taken tfxiny by American troops in the region of Ola teau Du DiaMe. to the we*t of Fismes, said they had been ordered to keep in constant contact with the Americans along the Vesle river. The German retreat north of the Marne river had been carried out in an orderly man • ner. they declared, hence German sol diers beTieva it to have been p rente diated and a tactical maneuver in ttnded to eliminate an awkward sal ient. The general impression among Ger man soldiers, the prisoners said, was, now that in many powers had cow - bined against Germany that it was not possible for Germany to win, yet thei entente allies would never be able to1 enter Germany because the German* had seen tao much of the destruction in France to permit of Germany sof.1 ferine in a similar manner. The prisoners said Germany would be defended to the la&t man. If that did not suffice an immediate peace must avert an invasion. The Ger mana admitted that the Americans had fought with freshness and enthu siasm. Enemy Alien Arrested. St. Paul Minn.—Thrmt* against hit tons, should they enlist in the Ameri- j ■ fun#*, resulted in the arrest of Willtam Knrland. a baker, an.! hi* in ternment as an enemy alien. lie ha lived in the United States for SO year* I but ka* never renounced his Ciernan ritiaenahip He ha* refused to write to one eon who was drafted, and is at Camp Dodge, De» Moine*, la. I Know Germany Cannot Win Briltah Array Headquarters Auk. 21 — Th* demeanor at hundrada of Ger man officers takan prmon#r recently ia in itrililn( rontraat with tha attitude of offirera raplmH itnrtir the Britiah rat mat laat spring. Than Caiman officer priaoners vara arrogant ana 05 men and 150 of ficers; commanded by a colonel. , Brigade: Two or more regiments;1 commanded by a brigadier general. Division: Two or more brigaiies: war «arength of about 27.0*10 includ ing all branches; unit of field organi-' nation; commanded by a major gen eral. Army Co-^j: Six divisions; usually, commanded by a major general. Field army: Three or more armv corps; commanded by a lieutenant general. Army: Two or more field armies;' commanded by a general. Men B^ck From War a To Teach New Army. Philadelphia Pa.—Soldiers invaiitltsl back from the tranche* are to be used by the War I department as instructors in army eantoniaents. Thi« became* known on Wednesilay with the arri val of two sergeants from oversea*, one of whom was "gassed" and th«> other hit by shrapnel. They will go to Camp Di* to tearh selected men how to throw hand grenades and Are automatic rifles. They are Ser geants Wm W. Hlackmer and How ard C. Whitehorne, of the one hun dred twenty fifth infantry. KAISER'S LATEST PEACE APPEAL TO MASONS. it Mad* at Berlin to Or|«aiM a Driv*— Fratonity it United State* to Stand With Praaidant. Washington. D. C.—Within the past two day* tha following item haa appeared in many newspapers at tha larger rrtlaa of tha United t Sales: "It may ba wait to direct tha attan Uoa nt tha authorities at Washington and Ottawa to tha fact that an im portant congress waa held at Bar I in .luring tha rloaing week at July, of tha grand maatara and chief digni tariaa at tha grand lodges of Free Mammi of Garmany Austria-Hungary Turkey, Bulgaria and Finland. Of course, tha proceedings wara secret. But in viaw of tha attentions showered upon the ilalagatas by tha Kaiser, hy tha princess of hia house and by the member* at hia government, there is every reason to believe the reports, according to which appear* tha con grass waa convened at the instance of the Kaiser for the purpo»e of organiz ing some cofusrtsd action Ly 'he Free Masons of the Central Poweis in the direction of the Free Masoni uf the Entente countries with a view to p<(i>«'t' upaganda." The article goes on to *ay there dread in Germany at the proclaimed determination of the Rntante and the United States to wage the war to a finish, ami that the Kaiser is endeav oring by every means in hia powei, to avert this calamity, which will in volve the overthrow of hia dynasty. Peace drives of various kinds he >s. inaugurating the use of the Ma*cnu.'( fraternity being one method, and the employment of the Vatican another. The attention of George Fleming Moore, sovereign grand commander of the Grand Council, Southern Jurisdic tion, at the Ancient and Accepted Scotiah Rita of Frae Masonry, the Mo Council at tha World, %. m ment for him: • "The true Free Masons of the United States do not deaire to aid in bringing about any kind of peace except such a one aa shall meet the full approval of tha Goveraatant of the United States and shall ba ia ac cord with tha principtae laid down by President Wilaon in discussing the subject. Nor will Free Masons con sent to become propagandist* of any ideas which are contrary to the fun damental principles on which our gov ernment is founded, for these princi ples are identical with those of Frae Masonry." oj way in vxpuiininff ui« relation ship Iwtwnn the Masona of the United tSates and the United King dom and those, of Germany, the pub licity nven the purpose of the Ger man Congress renders it necessary to make public a fact of history in this war that until the publication of this article has been known to only a few Masons in the world, much less to the public. In the early days of the war, be fore German frightfulness had become a national policy, before the Cavell case. before the Lusitania outrage,] and before bombs were dropped upon the innocents in London, the grand master of one of the leading Grand Lodge jurisdictions of Moeonry in the', United States wrote a letter to the grand master* of Germany. It was j a fraternal letter, couched in tender, language. It proposed simply that the German Grand Lodge consent to, a reciprocal arrangement whereby | British and French Masonic prisoners | of war be recognized as Masons, and; that (German Masonic prisoner* be similarly recognized by the British and French. It was not intended that Masonic prisoners Aould be given favors not accorded to ordinary pris oners, but they were to receive sim ply a smile, or a pat on U*e shoulder, to signify that fraternity still can sur vive even in the stress of war. The German Grand Master wote back: "No they are enewites and Ma-( sonry in Germany means nothing in, war." At this moment with the last ditch not far away, these Gernrtn Masons who flouted a smile or a p"t on the shoulder then, now come with out streatched hands that reck with un speakable crimes crying, "Brethren, help nave our Emperor's dynasty by inducing yoar government to make peace." 1 »«■ Mivcreiirn gran.; comman.'xr or th« Mother Supreme Comtril of tK« World, wtio is the Kifbe»t Naaon in AaMrtca btraiiN ef Km oAnil posi tion, place* American Mtma at the rijrkt Kami of tlM Prwidnt, the chief apakaaman of . "Any appaal for humanity a»Wrea* ad to oar political leader*. to our gen eral*. and to our noldiara. i> unna^aa aary. They ara German*. and (Jer mana. even in tha hardant fight remair humane. Why should we inault our German brethren now in tha leld by an appaal »urh aa you ugge*t, ihow ln( them doubt* have liean enter tartainad aa to their humane on'cct ? Wr will never lend our«elve* tc, any thine of the kind. We h in abaoluta confidence in our army, and I am con vinced that thay are conducting hu manely the war which ha* been forced upon ii* by a conspiracy." Children to Profit Moat From th« Thrift Campaign Children ami not the largest inves tor* are going to ba the greatest Iwn eflciaries of the War Saving* Cam paign. according to Dr. George D. Strayer of Columbia University, who is director of the School Campaign for the National War Savings Committee. He «ays that through the great Thrift movement that has been con ducted in the trhnols thia year boys and girls now understand better than any of uk did before the war the meaning of extravagance and waste. They are going to understand too the meaning of investment, and wtll real ize the satisfaction which comes from knowing that money saved today means happiness, contentment and in dependence in later years. Dr. Strayer believe* that through the educational effect that will come to the youth of America through the thrift movement of the War Savings Campaign a new national character will develops. He says that school chidren are already having new ideas of spending money aa well aa mak ing and saving money, and not of WMjMdjf but of all other ■■unttals. It tl out at tMr own thinking that there ia a necessity for saving that they are making real self-denial.1 Over and over they report that they no longer buy candy, chewing gum. ice cream, and other unnecessary foods. They tell of the economy which they1 exercise by writing on both sidee of! their paper, by refraining from chew ing their pencils or otherwise wast-1 ing them. They talll of taking off: their good shoes when they go out to play, of the work they have done in mending and darning. Scores of chil dren in the United States now think about their expenditures and are will-! ing to spend only for those thing* which will contribute to their health and efficiency, whereas formerly, no such idea entered their heads. Children have made saving popular not only with the poor but with the rich. The boy or girl who waste* his pennies and who has to his credit no War Savings Stamps or Liberty Bonds ia not in good standing. They frown upon all forms of wasting and extravagance and meantime practice in their own little lives clean, whole-j some ideas of thrift and economy.! Children will not only profit most as a result of the War Savings Cam paign but they will become the teach ers of thrift for generations tit come. Men Get Par dona to Enter Armed Service. Raleigh Aug. 22.—A quadruple sort of a pardon was issued today by Gov-( emor Bickett for young men serving sentences for illicit distilling in or der that they may enlist for war ser vice, all four of them being of draft ; age and claiming to be anxious to ser ve as soldiers. They are I-acy McRae. W. McRae, Clay Smit' and Eddie Rob erts, young men who were convicted in oMntgomery county for illicit dis tilling and sentenced to 12 months each on the Stanly county roads. Now the sheriff of Montgomery county is directed to go to the county of Stanly and take the prisoners beck to the Montgomery county seat and there to be delivered to the Montgomery ex emptkm board who are, under the terms of the pardon, to have them cer tainly entrained for Camp Jackson along with others sent from Mont-1 gomery August 2$. There i* a pro vision that if either of the four fails) to comply with all of the provisions of the charter or makes any attempt whatever to evade the military ser vice pledged, the pardon shall he void as to that person. AlaoM 70 p«r nut of ill lh* igfir1 nwMMd mi tku toaatry to imd in Ito haaaahokfe. S« it tt op to t>» Big Merchant ia Blackliateal. Rtltifk. Au|. 27. Hinm it had grossly prafftaarad by rharflnf I nurtw of 44) to HO par rout at flour, meal, lard compound and molaaaaa, J. L Thump«»n Co., of Dunn, has l««i ■•veraly renaured by State Pood Ad miniatrator Pift and put out of bua inaaa. inaofar aa tha handling of faod and feedatuITt ia concerned. for tha duration of tha War. Mr J. U Thorn paon, representing (ha firm, waa jfivm a hearing before Mr. I'*r« «avera1 ilaya airo. and Mr. liariataa waa announced today. In announcing hia decision Mr. I'lft staled that tha Dun rowrm, which la among tha largeat time merchant! in Kaatarn ('arolina, waa ruilty of tha ranke«t profiteering that haa yet baan uncovered in North Carolina. Recent ly the Mclaughlin Company at Raa ford waa found guilty of profiteering in meat, and waa a Unwed ta make a contribution of $1.2(H) to the Had Cross and other charities, but in thia cane, no opportunity wan given tha dealer to make any such contribution in lieu to the blacklUt. 'ir '""If® trunKiy announces mat in flagrant mnUnrm of profiteering and other violation* of the food rontrol law or of the food rule* aod regula tion«, blacklist order* will he utilised a* • "•*«"» "t discipline, in preference to tha contribution* to the Red Cross which have heretofore been accepted in lieu of more drastic punishment. The man who does not harmonize his business operation* in food and feed "tuffs with the policy of the Food Administration cannot plead ignor ance of the law after nil of the public ity that has been given the matter in the newspapers of the state and in the st bulletin issued from oar office" today declared Mr. Page. 'A man who does plead ignorance cannot he said to have used due dili gence in informing himself of the rol es and regulations designed by tha Government for that degree of control of hia business that ia necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. Neither the man who wilfully —tfnaaa to conforn to tha policy of the Food Administration, nor the man who does not use due diligence in inform ing himself of the rules and regula tion* is fit to remain "in such business »t a time like tmih. heuesdehm hrah »t a time like this. Such a man is not a practical patriot, and as a mat ter of war policy it ia .iangerous to allow him to^continue in business. Tfc* Hun ia North Carolina. Wilmington Star. We don't have to go a way from the coast of North Carolina for one of the most horrible examples of Hun f rightfulness. On Friday last off Hattera*. the torpedoing of the tank ship Miro and the tragic loss of ele ven of her crew was one of the most shocking of the crimen committed against civilization by the pirate un dersea craft. The torpedoes or shells of the ene my submarine set fire to the ship and her cargo of gosoline and she was soon a raging furnace from which her crew had to escape *-s best they could. The inflammable cargo of the ship poured into the sea and burned furi ously over the water, so that the hu man victims of the atrocity had to mall* their way in a lifeboat through . a blazing sea. Those who did not perish were horribly burned anil their experience indeed wa-s a terri ble one. The Vljrlo wu a ship of commerce, hnd under the rule* of civilized war fare her iTew wu entitled to be put off the ship into a place of safety in stead of having their ship attacked without warning and without regard to the unnecessary sacrifice of life. It J anything were needed to add to the hatred of Prussianism and increase American determination to crush it. the operations of the Hun U-boats off Hatteras would be suffcient. Four ship* have been torpedoed at or near the Diamond shoals, even the inno cent lightship having been sent to the bottom as an exhibition of putty and contemptible villainy. In a paragraph a few days ago. tha New York "World remarked: "Ger many w more concerned over airships crowing the Rhine than the Atlan ta." Indeed she would he more con cerned if suae of those airships were sent down here o» the Sooth Atlantic to sink submarines which da bus iness constantly in one or two of tha most notable localities along the north and south shipping Lane. Present events clearly point to the (bet that one of the airplane bases should tew* been located en the South Atlantic. Restaurants and hatol* are raatric*